Is my computer good enough?

[skip2mylou]

thanks. so b/c ive got a p4 computer, replacing the CPU wont work cuz the slot size is different? so all i need is a new mobo with a better graphics card, and more ram, i dont have to replace the whole computer?

[InsaneTrout]

thanks. so b/c ive got a p4 computer, replacing the CPU wont work cuz the slot size is different? so all i need is a new mobo with a better graphics card, and more ram, i dont have to replace the whole computer?

possibly but like I said I don't know what your PC specs are and you might have a motherboard that can support a Dual Core

[Snafupossum]

umm, insanetrout is not correct, p4 to the core2quad to even new xeon's all run on the same socket, lga 775. older pentium 4's did run on socket 478 but were changed to lga 775. It just matters what cpu's your motherboard can support if its a lga 775.

[Kyla666 (zzk2001)]

Snafupossum
thats not corrent  Just because the mother board has a 775 slot does not mean the mother board can support a high CPU like a Core 2 6700

like my dual core D mother board it has a 775 But it does not support core 2

[skip2mylou]

is there a way to check. can i google my motherboard model and see if it supports core 2? how can i find out my mobo model?

[GamezR2EZ]

open the case and you should see it printed on the motherboard it self

it can be a variety of things so i can't even give an example but one of my old ones is PMV800
its clearly printed out

after you have the model you can go to the main website to see what your mobo supports

[InsaneTrout]

yeah unfortunately I have one of the older Mother Boards so mine does not support anything other than a P4 I think.well I'm pretty sure it doesn't lol

[Snafupossum]

Snafupossum
thats not corrent  Just because the mother board has a 775 slot does not mean the mother board can support a high CPU like a Core 2 6700

like my dual core D mother board it has a 775 But it does not support core 2

It just matters what cpu's your motherboard can support if its a lga 775.

read my whole post zzk, come on now...

[GamezR2EZ]

lol you changed that post, thats halarious, i remeber thinking the exact same thing as zzk

[Snafupossum]

um, no i didnt... it would say i edited it...

[GamezR2EZ]

um, no i didnt... it would say i edited it...

..... yeah.... what was i thinking
normally i look for that stuff

im slipping guys, less red bull... more sleep.....

yeah sorry haha, but when i first read the post i thought you were saying that if it has a 775 slot it could support it, my bad

[Snafupossum]

thank god i didnt edit that post lol. your not the only one needing sleep around here, i can tell you that for a fact.

[skip2mylou]

i checked my mobo specs and apparently the memory sticks have to be pc800 non-ECC RDRAM. what would happen if i installed ECC memory sticks? would it still work?